Is Batman a superhero?

[supertrekker]

Don’t u need super powers to be a super hero?

He's a billionaire. In the real world that's the only power you need.

 

[Arcavian]

No matter what @Ironman is better

 

[ImLionyall]

A very blasphemous thread.

 

[Ironman]

No matter what @Ironman is better

 

[Peter Popoff]

Yea, his powers are white privilege and money. He broke the 4th wall and paid the writers to make him seem more badass as a constipated weirdo in a cape and black pjs.

 

[R=G]

Who is more impressive? Batman or Dr. Doom?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Batman's superpower is having been shot at 324,243,567 times and yet that shyt never hits him in that big 'ol gap in the mouth.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Funny that you mention it though, Batman is sort of an unusual exception to a trend I've noticed in superhero comics.

90% of the time in comicbook-based stories, if you have a superpowered being facing a non-powered being, the one with superpowers is good and the one with no powers who is just a "smart person" is evil.


Superman is superpowered, Lex Luther just has devious plans

Spiderman is superpowered, but Doctor Octopus, Kingpin, Mysterio, etc. are all just guys with devious plans

Captain America is superpowered, but (until the end) Red Skull just has devious plans

Mr. Incredible is naturally superpowered, Buddy Pine just has devious plans

When the story starts, T'Challa has the superpowers while Killmonger just has devious plans

Batman may as well have superpowers and his intellect is technically there but it's not really played up at all, while Ozymandias, Joker, Riddler, Scarecrow, Two Face, Ra's Al Ghul, Red Hood, they are all just guys with plans.


Smart people/inventors/scientists are the bad guys so often. I feel like there's some underlying social message, I don't know exactly what it is. "Megamind" even sort of mocks this I think, where the good guy is a superman-like powerful being while the bad guy just just has a big brain.

 

[NZA]

Funny that you mention it though, Batman is sort of an unusual exception to a trend I've noticed in superhero comics.

90% of the time in comicbook-based stories, if you have a superpowered being facing a non-powered being, the one with superpowers is good and the one with no powers who is just a "smart person" is evil.


Superman is superpowered, Lex Luther just has devious plans

Spiderman is superpowered, but Doctor Octopus, Kingpin, Mysterio, etc. are all just guys with devious plans

Captain America is superpowered, but (until the end) Red Skull just has devious plans

Mr. Incredible is naturally superpowered, Buddy Pine just has devious plans

When the story starts, T'Challa has the superpowers while Killmonger just has devious plans

Batman may as well have superpowers and his intellect is technically there but it's not really played up at all, while Ozymandias, Joker, Riddler, Scarecrow, Two Face, Ra's Al Ghul, Red Hood, they are all just guys with plans.


Smart people/inventors/scientists are the bad guys so often. I feel like there's some underlying social message, I don't know exactly what it is. "Megamind" even sort of mocks this I think, where the good guy is a superman-like powerful being while the bad guy just just has a big brain.

i dont know, it could just be that if you have no powers, you need to be really smart or the comic ends on page one. imagine a dude with a 90 IQ and no powers trying to go toe to toe with superman. how are you going to write a thrilling story out of that?

 

[Cuban Pete]

Neither super nor a hero, nikka IS a terrible human being with a bankroll and taekwondo tho.

Endanger at least 4 different generations of orphan children, never love these criminal hoes, beat male criminals damn near to retardation (but don't comply with the justice system either) and come up with contingency plans for your best friends/team mates batbrehs

 

[SadimirPutin]

Read the comics...watch the animated movies....

Bruce pulls his weight and is ready to get wreck at the drop of a hat....he is a human and still willing to talk greasy to Darkseid...

He has contingency plans in case members of the Justice League get outta hand

He is 2 giggles from being the Joker if you examine it

The stories written make it very clear he is

 

[Yehuda]

Someone said he leaves his chin exposed so cops know that he's white, that shyt had me dying.

 

[HDiron]

A billionaire vigilante who’s good at his job in Gotham city.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

i dont know, it could just be that if you have no powers, you need to be really smart or the comic ends on page one. imagine a dude with a 90 IQ and no powers trying to go toe to toe with superman. how are you going to write a thrilling story out of that?

My point is that the plotline "Good Guy With Superpowers Defeats Smart Regular Evil Guy" seems to be a lot more common than the plotline "Smart Regular Good Guy Defeats Evil Guy With Superpowers".


Like the movie "The Incredibles", the entire plot is basically, "People with superpowers should be able to do what they want and if you don't have natural superpowers then you need to stay in your lane".

 

[ForeverLurking]

Neither super nor a hero, nikka IS a terrible human being with a bankroll and taekwondo tho.

Endanger at least 4 different generations of orphan children, never love these criminal hoes, beat male criminals damn near to retardation (but don't comply with the justice system either) and come up with contingency plans for your best friends/team mates batbrehs

I refuse to believe the bolded is a negative